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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2024, 6:40 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2024, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2024, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
374
WFUS54 KMAF 302340
TORMAF
TXC443-310030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.240530T2340Z-240531T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
640 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Terrell County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 639 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Dryden, moving south at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Terrell County, including the following locations...
Terrell County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2979 10212 2982 10218 2985 10219 2984 10219
2984 10222 2986 10225 2985 10226 2987 10227
2988 10230 3005 10229 3007 10199 2980 10193
2980 10196 2982 10198 2980 10199 2980 10204
2979 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 357DEG 18KT 2995 10218
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
$$
291 follow-up statement
160
WWUS54 KMAF 302349
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
649 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
TXC443-310030-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240531T0030Z/
Terrell TX-
649 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY...
At 649 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles southwest of Dryden, moving south at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Terrell County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2979 10212 2982 10218 2985 10219 2984 10219
2984 10222 2986 10225 2985 10226 2987 10227
2988 10230 2999 10228 3007 10199 2980 10193
2980 10196 2982 10198 2980 10199 2980 10204
2979 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 359DEG 16KT 2991 10218
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 62 min |
| May 29, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 39 min |
| May 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 23 min |
| May 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 29 min |
| May 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 64 min |
| May 29, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 38 min |
| May 29, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 59 min |
| May 29, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 46 min |
| May 29, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 62 min |
| May 29, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 53 min |
| May 30, 2:43 PM CDT | Dust Storm Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Martin, Midland and 3 more | 92 min |
| May 30, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 49 min |
| May 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 39 min |
| May 30, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 42 min |
| May 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 44 min |
| May 30, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| May 30, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 25 min |
| May 30, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 53 min |
| May 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Martin, Midland | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland, Upton | 36 min |
| May 30, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 50 min |
| May 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 30 min |
| May 30, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 43 min |
| May 30, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 26 min |
| May 30, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 37 min |
| May 30, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 48 min |
| May 30, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 31 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.